Sarah Jessica Parker Born: March 25, 1965 Nelsonville, Ohio Occupation: Actress Spouse: Matthew Broderick Sarah Jessica Parker (born March 25, 1965) is a Golden Globe and Emmy-winning American actress and an Emmy-winning producer, with a portfolio of television, movie, and theatre performances. She is best known for her role as newspaper relationship columnist Carrie Bradshaw on the HBO television series ''Sex and the City''. Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life and career 1.2 Adult career 1.3 Personal style 1.4 Personal life 2 Awards 3 Selected filmography 4 References 4.1 Footnotes 4.2 Interviews 4.3 Web Sites Biography Early life and career Publicity still from the late 1980s Parker was born in Nelsonville, Ohio to Stephen Parker, a Jewish American businessman, and Barbara, who may also have Jewish ancestry.[1] Her parents divorced early on in Parker's life and her mother remarried Paul Forste, a truck driver. Parker grew up with her mother, stepfather and seven siblings. As a young girl, she trained in singing and ballet, soon being cast in the Broadway production of The Innocents. Her family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and then to Dobbs Ferry, New York, near New York City, where Parker was developing her career as a child actress. In 1977, the family moved to the newly opened planned community on Roosevelt Island, in the East River between Manhattan and Queens, and later to Manhattan proper; her parents later moved to Englewood, New Jersey where she attended Dwight Morrow High School. Parker attended the School for Creative and Performing Arts, the School of American Ballet and the Professional Children's School, and later Dwight Morrow High School. She and four siblings appeared in a revival of The Sound of Music, and Parker went on to the new 1977-81 Broadway musical Annie — first in the small role of "July," and then succeeding Andrea McArdle and Shelley Bruce in the lead role as the plucky Depression-era orphan, for a year beginning March 6, 1979. In 1982, Parker was cast in the co-lead role of the CBS-TV sitcom Square Pegs. The show lasted only one season before being cancelled by the network, but Parker's performance was critically well received. In the two years that followed, she was cast in four films - the most significant of those being Footloose in 1984. Also that year, she become romantically involved with actor Robert Downey Jr., whom she met on the set of Firstborn and with whom she lived through 1991; during their relationship, Downey, Jr. had a drug problem, and Parker has commented that she thought that she was "the person holding him together".[2] Adult career Parker with co-stars Nicolas Cage (left) and James Caan of Honeymoon in Vegas By the early 1990s, Parker's career was gaining momentum. In 1991, she appeared in a supporting role in the romantic comedy, L.A. Story; both the movie and her performance garnered some positive reviews. The following year she landed an important starring role in the well-received film, Honeymoon in Vegas, co-starring Nicolas Cage. Her 1993 starring role in the film Hocus Pocus was a higher grosser at the box office but received negative reviews. She next appeared opposite Johnny Depp in the critically acclaimed movie Ed Wood. The film Miami Rhapsody, in 1995, saw her back on familiar territory with more romantic comedy material and a leading role. She appeared in another Tim Burton-directed movie, Mars Attacks!, which was one of her five film roles in 1996. After a quiet 1997, the script for an HBO drama/comedy series titled Sex and the City had been sent to Parker and the show's creator Darren Star was determined that she be cast in his project. Despite some early doubts about being cast in a long-term television series, Parker agreed to star.[3] The first season of the show proved to be an instant success, elevating Parker to a higher status. Despite the shows increasingly raunchy storylines, Parker retained the strict no-nudity clause of her contract throughout the show's six-season run. Parker became a producer for the show starting with its third season. In 2004, Parker won an Emmy award for her lead role (after five consecutive losses). Many gambling and betting establishments stopped taking bets on her Emmy victory, because it was so widely predicted that she would win. Parker has since stated that she will "never do a television show again",[4] although she will co-executive produce a new HBO series based on Washingtonienne, but will not star in it.[5] After Sex and the City ended in 2004, rumours of a film version GAP print ad, 2005 circulated and it has since been revealed that a script had been completed for such a project. However, Parker has commented that it will likely never be made.[6] In addition to work in movie and television, she is also a respected stage actor, having appeared in well-reviewed lead roles in the off-Broadway play Sylvia, alongside husband Matthew Broderick in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and the Tony Award-nominated Once Upon A Mattress, as Princess Winifred the Woebegone. In December 2005, Parker appeared in her first theatrical film in several years, The Family Stone; she received a Golden Globe nomination as Best Actress - Comedy for the role. Her next film, the romantic comedy Failure to Launch, co-starring Matthew McConaughey, was released on March 10, 2006 and opened at #1 in the North American box office, grossing slightly over $24 million,[7] despite mediocre reviews.[8]. Parker's work as a Producer continues, with the independent film Spinning Into Butter, based on the Rebecca Gilman play scheduled for a 2006 release which she will also star in. Her latest confirmed project is Slammer, a prison-themed musical comedy to be directed by Adam Shankman and released in 2007. The role as imprisoned publicist who stages an all-inmate musical will give Parker the opportunity to revisit her musical roots which have yet to be explored in her film and television work. Personal style Print Ad for "Lovely" Parker has become very influential in the world of fashion; she is considered one of the more stylish celebrities and has been recognized as "Best Dressed" in certain magazines. In 2000, she hosted the MTV Movie Awards and appeared in no less than 15 different costumes throughout the show. She has also become the face of many of the world's biggest fashion brands through her work in a variety of advertising campaigns. In August 2003, Parker signed a highly lucrative deal with Nutrisse Hair Products to appear in television and print advertising. In 2004, she fronted an international campaign by GAP but her contract with the clothing giant was suddenly terminated in Spring of 2005 in favour of British soul singer Joss Stone. A friend of Parker commented to the press that "Sarah's spring campaign for GAP has only just started and she feels the announcement of her replacement in the same week that the new ads are appearing is a bit of a snub" [9]. In addition to her advertising work, Parker released her own fragrance in 2005 called Lovely. Personal life Parker and son James Wilke Broderick As her career continued to blossom into the 1990s, she met journalist John Kennedy Jr. and dated him for several months. She was also romantically linked to singer/songwriter Joshua Kadison in the early 90's, who described their tumultuous relationship and their cat 'Moses' in the song "Jessie"; from the album "Painted Desert Serenade". In May 1997, she married actor Matthew Broderick, to whom she was introduced by her brother. The couple were married in a civil ceremony in a historic synagogue on the Lower East Side of NYC that is no longer used as a house of worship; both Parker and Broderick have Jewish ancestry and consider themselves to be "culturally Jewish."[10] The couple's first child, James Wilke Broderick, named for Matthew's father, the distinguished Irish-American actor James Broderick, was born on October 28, 2002. Parker and Broderick spend a considerable amount of time at their holiday home in County Donegal, Ireland. Parker is a prominent member of the Hollywood's Women's Political Committee and is UNICEF's Representative for the Performing Arts; in the course of 2006, she will travel to Liberia as a Unicef celebrity ambassador, and has commented that "It's a place that gets little or no attention, so we're going to try and bring some attention to it."[11] As of 2006, she lives in New York City with her husband and son. Awards Golden Globes 1999: Nominee: Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series: Musical or Comedy - Sex and the City 2000: WINNER: Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series: Musical or Comedy - Sex and the City 2001: WINNER: Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series: Musical or Comedy - Sex and the City 2002: WINNER: Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series: Musical or Comedy - Sex and the City 2003: Nominee: Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series: Musical or Comedy - Sex and the City 2004: WINNER: Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series: Musical or Comedy - Sex and the City 2005: Nominee: Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series: Musical or Comedy - Sex and the City 2005: Nominee: Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy - The Family Stone Emmys 2004: WINNER: Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Sex and the City 2004: Nominee: Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series - Sex and the City 2003: Nominee: Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Sex and the City 2003: Nominee: Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series - Sex and the City 2002: Nominee: Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Sex and the City 2002: Nominee: Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series - Sex and the City 2001: Nominee: Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Sex and the City 2001: WINNER: Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series - Sex and the City 2000: Nominee: Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Sex and the City 1999: Nominee: Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Sex and the City Screen Actors Guild Awards 2005: Nominee: Actor - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series - Sex and the City 2005: Nominee: Actor - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series - Sex and the City 2004: WINNER: Actor - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series - Sex and the City 2003: Nominee: Actor - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series - Sex and the City 2002: Nominee: Actor - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series - Sex and the City 2002: WINNER: Actor - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series - Sex and the City 2001: WINNER: Actor - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series - Sex and the City 2001: Nominee: Actor - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series - Sex and the City 2000: Nominee: Actor - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series - Sex and the City Selected filmography Year Title Role Other notes 2008 American Dog voice 2007 Vacancy 2006 Failure to Launch Paula 2005 The Family Stone Meredith Morton 2001 Life Without Dick Colleen Gibson direct-to-video 2000 State and Main Claire Wellesley 1999 Dudley Do-Right Nell Fenwick 1997 'Til There Was You Francesca Lanfield 1996 Mars Attacks! Nathalie Lake 1996 If Lucy Fell Lucy Ackerman 1996 The First Wives Club Shelly Stewart 1995 Miami Rhapsody Gwyn Marcus 1994 Ed Wood Dolores Fuller 1993 Striking Distance Jo Christman/Det. Emily Harper 1993 Hocus Pocus Sarah Sanderson 1992 Honeymoon in Vegas Betsy/Donna 1991 L.A. Story SanDeE (1986)) "A Year In The Life - Kay Erickson (The "Free Spirited" girl) 1986 Flight of the Navigator Carolyn 1985 Girls Just Want to Have Fun Janey Glenn 1984 Footloose Rusty 1982 - Square Pegs - Patty Greene References Footnotes ^ San Francisco Jewish paper. Celebrity Jews. Retrieved on March 13, 2006. ^ Entertainment Wise. Sarah Jessica Parker Knows All About Addiction. Retrieved on March 15, 2006. ^ 365gay.com. Sarah Jessica Parker. Retrieved on March 13, 2006. ^ 365gay.com. Sarah Jessica Parker. Retrieved on March 16, 2006. ^ United Press. Sarah Jessica Parker in new HBO project. Retrieved on March 16, 2006. ^ Winnipeg Sun. No Sex for Sarah. Retrieved on March 13, 2006. ^ 13Wham.com. McConaughey & Parker's Film Soars to the Top. Retrieved on March 13, 2006. ^ Rotten Tomatoes. Failure to Launch. Retrieved on March 13, 2006. ^ FemaleFirst. Joss Stone Ousts Sarah Jessica Parker At GAP. Retrieved on March 13, 2006. ^ San Francisco Jewish paper. Celebrity Jews. Retrieved on March 13, 2006. ^ Star Pulse. Sarah Jessica Parker Joins UNICEF, Will Travel to Liberia. Retrieved on March 13, 2006. Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Sarah Jessica Parker Interviews New York Newsday interview, March 8, 2006 BBC interview (December, 2005) FemaleFirst.uk interview (December 13, 2005) Dark Horizons interview (December 8, 2005) Web Sites Sarah Jessica Parker four photo galleries of Sarah. Biography at Inside the Actors Studio Biography at Playbill Biography at Sex and the City's website Sarah Jessica Parker Interview Top results on AmIAnnoying.com. SJP is currently in 17th place. Sarah Jessica Parker at the Internet Movie Database Sarah Jessica Parker at the Internet Broadway Database Sarah Jessica Parker at the Notable Names Database Search Term: "Sarah_Jessica_Parker" Categories: 1965 births | American film actors | American musical theatre actors | American stage actors | American television actors | Athenians (Ohio) | Emmy Award winners | Jewish American actors | Living people | People from Cincinnati | People from New York City | People from Westchester County, New York

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